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BANAL
(adj.) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"bromidic sermons", "his remarks were trite and commonplace", "hackneyed phrases", "a stock answer", "repeating threadbare jokes", "parroting some timeworn axiom", "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
synonyms : commonplace , hackneyed , old-hat , shopworn , stock , threadbare , timeworn , tired , trite , well-wornthe article she came up with had no matter to it- just banal stuff. -added by diviya_inlas
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(Tag: Global) Divide it like -- ban + al(ban all people); you ban all those people from your group, if they are repeating the same activity again and again.
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(Tag: English) SPLIT INTO ba-nal ba-BAR - COMMONPLACE FOR MEN TO MEET & NAL(HINDI - TAP) - COMMON PLACE FOR WOMEN TO MEET.
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